Exercising Personal Health Information Access Rights
This article addresses the rules and rights governing health information and why elders and their representatives and advocates should access and maintain copies of their personal health information. While barriers to information-sharing remain, public policy and technology are making it easier for...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Generations: Journal of the American Society on Aging. - American Society on Aging. - 43(2020), 4, Seite 38-45 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2020
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Generations: Journal of the American Society on Aging |
| Schlagworte: | Information science Health sciences Behavioral sciences Social sciences Economics Business Law |
| Zusammenfassung: | This article addresses the rules and rights governing health information and why elders and their representatives and advocates should access and maintain copies of their personal health information. While barriers to information-sharing remain, public policy and technology are making it easier for individuals to exercise their information rights. This article gives older adults, their families, caregivers, and legal designees advice on how to proactively access information, and offers perspectives about evolving health information privacy challenges and how older adults can guard against risks of harmful use of personal health information. |
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| ISSN: | 07387806 |